The blast Attack , which happened Presence in Qissa Khawani market , an area in the old city that is also referred to as the Storytellers ' Bazaar , killed Killing Dost Muhammad , the local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami , who was leading a protest against load shedding .

On 3 February , 20,000 people protested against the government in Sanaʽa , while others protested in Aden , a southern Yemeni seaport city , in a `` Day of Rage '' called for by Tawakel Karman , while soldiers , armed members of the General People 's Congress and many protesters held Defending a pro-government rally in Sanaʽa .

The Siege of Sarajevo was the siege Besieging of the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina , and the longest of a capital city in the history of modern warfare .

From there they assaulted Attack the city with artillery , tanks , and small arms .

From 2 May 1992 , the Serbs blockaded Besieging the city .

The Bosnian government defence forces ( ARBiH ) inside the besieged city , 19 months since start Process_start of conflict Hostile_encounter , numbered some 70,000 troops , were poorly equipped Supply and unable to break Destroying the siege .

The 1991 census indicates Communication that before the siege Besieging the city and its surrounding areas had a population of 525,980 .

There are estimates that prior to the siege Besieging the population in the city proper was 435,000 .

In April 2004 , authorities arrested Arrest and charged Judgment_communication 26-year-old former employee of city gas services Sergey Alekseychik .

According to the official version , Alekseychik was fired Process_end from his natural gas technician job several days prior to the explosion Catastrophe , and to get even with his former employers and the city he sabotaged Committing_crime the gas system thus causing Causation the tragedy .

Violence across several states in northeastern Nigeria resulted in Causation more than 1,000 dead , with around 700 killed in the city of Maiduguri alone , according to one military official .

A government inquiry Criminal_investigation later found Know that , while long-standing tensions existed Presence between Boko Haram and the Nigerian Security forces , the immediate cause Causation of the violence stemmed Causation from a confrontation Hostile_encounter between a group of sect members and police in the city of Maiduguri .

Other CIA-paid men were brought Bringing into Tehran in buses and trucks , and took over Military_operation the streets of the city .

Businesses temporarily closed down Openness and riot police patrolled Patrolling the city until August 4 .

The 2009 Richmond High School gang rape Committing_crime occurred Coming_to_be on Saturday , October 24 , 2009 , in Richmond , a city on the northeast side of the San Francisco Bay in California , U.S. , when a female student of Richmond High School was gang raped Bodily_harm repeatedly by a group of young males in a courtyard on the school campus while a homecoming dance was being held Hold in the gymnasium .

Grozny underwent reconstruction efforts and much of the city and surrounding areas were rebuilt Building quickly .

As such , it encompasses three separate conflicts Hostile_encounter : an invasion Attack of the city of Changsha and two invasions Attack of Hengyang .

although the city had been declared Expressing_publicly a fortress ( ) when pressed , its second-rate garrison needed little persuasion to surrender .

The Fall Conquering of Constantinople ( ; ) was the capture Conquering of the capital city of the Byzantine Empire by an invading Attack Ottoman army on the Sunday of Pentecost , 29 May 1453 .

After conquering Conquering the city , Sultan Mehmed transferred Change the capital of the Ottoman State from Edirne to Constantinople and established Creating his court there .

The capture Conquering of the city ( and two other Byzantine splinter territories soon thereafter ) marked Recording the end Process_end of the Roman Empire , a state which dated to 27 BC , which had lasted for nearly 1,500 years .

since ancient times , cities had used Using ramparts and city walls to protect Preventing_or_letting themselves from invaders Attack , and constantinople 's substantial fortifications had been a model followed by cities throughout the mediterranean region and europe .

The conquest Conquering of the city of Constantinople and the end Process_end of the Byzantine Empire was a key event in the Late Middle Ages which also marks , for some historians , the end Process_end of the Medieval period .

In 1369 , Sultan Muhammed V of Granada took advantage of the Castilians ' distractions and in the Siege of Algeciras ( 1369 ) he seized Hold the city of Algeciras , on the west side of the Bay of Gibraltar , which Alfonso XI had captured in 1344 .

The attacks were primarily designed Creating to draw Removing the Army of Republika Srpska ( VRS ) away from the besieged Besieging city of Bihać .

After the initial success capturing Control Phước Long Province , the North Vietnamese leadership increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the scope of the People 's Army of Vietnam 's ( PAVN ) offensive Attack and captured Control and held the key Central Highlands city of Buôn Ma Thuột between March 10 and 18 .

The Capture of Savannah , or sometimes the First Battle of Savannah ( because of a siege in 1779 ) , was an American Revolutionary War battle fought Hostile_encounter on December 29 , 1778 pitting local American Patriot militia and Continental Army units , holding the city , against a British invasion force under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell .

The British seizure of the city led to an extended Expansion occupation and was the opening move Motion in the British southern strategy to regain Getting control Control of the rebellious Southern provinces by appealing to the relatively strong Loyalist sentiment there .

The British held off Defending a Franco-American siege in 1779 , and held Defending the city until late in the war .

Following the quake , police patrolled Patrolling city streets for safety reasons and damage assessments Testing were carried out Action across the affected region .

Bombs were set off Damaging in two carriages , both filled Filling with passengers , just after the train passed Motion_directional Diwana near the Indian city of Panipat , north of New Delhi .

on 2 september 1192 richard and saladin finalized Submitting_documents the treaty of jaffa , which granted Preventing_or_letting muslim control over jerusalem but allowed Preventing_or_letting unarmed christian pilgrims and merchants to visit Traveling the city .

local communist party secretary of shanwei city said Telling that the authority of the city has been `` overridden '' by provincial intervention .

local communist party secretary of shanwei city said Telling that the authority of the city has been `` overridden '' by provincial intervention .

It subsequently expanded Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale into a four city festival including one in New Zealand .

But despite major gains , the rebels failed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to topple the government during the eight days of fighting and small scale clashes Hostile_encounter continued until 22 May , when the government launched Attack a major offensive to retake Control the city , as Islamist forces had mostly withdrawn Escaping into the Central Region and the government was now backed by powerful warlord Indho Ade .

The ultimatum was however rejected Response and so , al-Shabaab launched Attack several attacks Attack on key sites in the city provoking Convincing a major government offensive Defending on 11 – 12 July , which led to Causation a total expulsion of Islamist forces from the city .

The ultimatum was however rejected Response and so , al-Shabaab launched Attack several attacks Attack on key sites in the city provoking Convincing a major government offensive Defending on 11 – 12 July , which led to Causation a total expulsion of Islamist forces from the city .

The Games Competition marked Recording the first time a Latin American and South American city hosted Social_event the event Competition , the second Southern Hemisphere city and nation , the first one being the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney , and also the first time a Lusophone ( Portuguese-speaking ) country hosted Social_event the event Competition .

The Games Competition marked Recording the first time a Latin American and South American city hosted Social_event the event Competition , the second Southern Hemisphere city and nation , the first one being the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney , and also the first time a Lusophone ( Portuguese-speaking ) country hosted Social_event the event Competition .

though the germans were defeated Conquering , the following day the soviet red army entered Arriving the city and the soviet nkvd interned Arrest polish soldiers and arrested Arrest their officers .

Several days later , the remains of the Polish Home Army retreated Escaping into the forests , and the Soviets were in control of the city .

synchronised to a soundtrack of popular music from past and present Presence , the fireworks explode Attack off the arches , catwalk and roadway of the harbour bridge , including the opera house , nearby city buildings and up to eight barges evenly divided on both sides of the bridge .

The troops took over Getting the duties of the police force in the city and worked Being_in_operation on social programs .

In 2012 tranquility slowly returned Arriving to the city , along with the inhabitants who fled Escaping because of the violence Violence .

In November 2017 , more than 300 Sufist worshippers were killed Killing and over 100 injured Bodily_harm in an attack Attack on a mosque west of the city of Al-Arish .

the siege of unk was an operation by the armed forces of ukraine to recapture Kidnapping the city of unk in donetsk oblast from pro-russian insurgents who had seized Control it on 12 april 2014 .

The city was taken Conquering back on 5 July 2014 after shelling Attack from artillery and heavy fighting Hostile_encounter .

On 12 April 2014 , as unrest grew Cause_to_make_progress in eastern Ukraine following the 2014 Ukrainian revolution , masked Hiding_objects men in fatigues , armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles , captured Conquering the city administration building .

As tensions in the city increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale , the insurgents began Process_start to take Bringing journalists and others captive , instigating a hostage crisis .